Going to respectfully disagree -- while I'm not young anymore, I'm not quite at old fart status yet and folks in my friend group love my model 12 (a late production field gun, 60 or 61, I don't recall.)
I went to a model 12 specific shoot here in northern Indiana and there were quite a few people around my age, and several younger.
These guns evoke a time when this country made the best stuff in the world, and while they were mass produced, there was still a good bit of hand finishing. Also, some parts were machined from billet that had no reason to be and exude quality in comparison to everythiing "new" that my generation has experience with. I'm talking about things like the cartridge cutoff that in a modern gun would be stamped.
Every time I tear mine down I sort of marvel at the fact that it's as over built and over engineered as it is, simply because they wanted to build the best pump rather than a pump at a price point.
I had a 1928 field with the slimmer furniture that I never should have sold. Lesson learned.
Last edited by Larcat; 04/25/21 10:30 AM.
